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StrainScan Pro Plans Demos Across $4T Foodservice Market
Health
— Sep 9, 2026
Medical Care Technologies is expanding StrainScan Pro from agricultural demos into the foodservice vertical, planning kitchen-focused demonstrations for commercial kitchens and multi-unit operators and emphasizing portability on iPad Air for in-field quality inspections. Early operator feedback is guiding the next build-out to broaden workflows, faster on-device reviews, and more path-specific quality checks across farming and restaurant supply chains.
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Hollywood Microdrama Boom Drives US Revenue Toward $2B
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— Aug 18, 2026
Microdramas, short vertical smartphone‑first series, are rapidly transforming Hollywood by driving studio expansions such as Vertical World Studios in Los Angeles and contributing to a shift away from traditional TV as revenues shrink, with the US market expected to reach about $1.5 billion this year and near $2 billion next year, while the global market could hit around $14 billion by late 2026. The trend originated in China, is aided by platforms like ReelShort, GoodShort and TikTok, and while it creates jobs and new production opportunities, it faces profitability pressures and rising AI-related production costs.
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Unitree IPO Soars on China A-Share Market
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— Aug 17, 2026
Unitree Robotics unveiled 'Superman,' a humanoid with 0.85-meter legs that can jump about 2 meters from a standing start and sprint at 12.66 m/s, claiming to surpass human records in both vertical and horizontal performance, developed in just over three months. The reveal coincides with a highly oversubscribed IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market, valuing the company around $9 billion and underscoring investors' appetite for high-dynamic robotics.
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Core AI expands HomeGPT with multimodal design
Tech
— Jul 21, 2026
Core AI Holdings is expanding HomeGPT into a multimodal home design, renovation visualization, and AI-powered residential decision platform, turning a single home photo into interior, exterior, and garden design concepts plus features like item swaps, style matching, and AI video walkthroughs to aid planning before major purchases. The move aims to position HomeGPT as a vertical AI layer for renovation and purchasing decisions amid rising mortgage costs and housing-market uncertainty, with monetization expected through subscriptions and collaboration tools for professionals and designers.
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Trump Says He’s ‘Thinking About’ Suspending The Gas Tax Weeks After His Own Party Blocked A Vote On It
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